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Sony plans to stop production of Phyical games in 2028

Yeah, I'm not terribly upset about it either (PS games going digital), I wasn't much of a disc collector myself and once games did become available digitally, I'd mostly purchase the digital version.

As for lower sale prices, that doesn't bother me too much. I find the digital storefronts typically the same sales pricing (Sony, Xbox, Steam, Nintendo). One issue that I would have is that if Sony pushes forward with their 'dynamic pricing' that they were testing out. I don't want to all of a sudden start paying more or never seeing sales on JRPGs (mostly the only genre I play on PS) because Sony knows that's what I'm interested in.
 
Dion said:
clowns are using ps4 data to twist narratives lol. ps4 started as a physical disc system..

ps5 is mainly digital sales only.. Look it up for yourself lol.

ps6 will be only digital.. Not surprising... Like i said look at PC 10 years ago.. Thats usually the route consoles go. PC is the trend setter for consoles.
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I looked it up and as of July 2026 it's 85% digital vs 15% physical. So even though you're correct, it was completely unnecessary for you to post bogus percentages.

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/202...oftware-was-purchased-physically-last-quarter
 
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Dion said:
ps6 will be only digital.. Not surprising... Like i said look at PC 10 years ago.. Thats usually the route consoles go. PC is the trend setter for consoles.
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We will age ourself, but 20 years ago would be more what to look for the PC world than 10 I think.

Steam launch in 2003, by 2014 it already won gamers virtually completlelty who decided to favor steam conveniance, ease to reinstall all your game after a format from a button, space in the house, price, launching game without putting a disc in (do not even remember if by the end we still had to do it... or the cd-dvd was meaningless for a while) etc... over game ownership and physical media on PC, it was already 75% on digital with many new pc launched without dvd drives on them, 2016 it was already well over (95%+ digital), with many of the most popular title not even having release at all for a while now.
 
zehoo said:
https://xcancel.com/i/status/2072707625028833749
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2021 (the most recent title here and a bit of "collectible" director cut edition)) will already be ~7 years away from 2028

In 2021 PS5 digital edition were not that available, sony able to only make more expensive disk version and sales all of them and people able to get their hands on console at the time being a bit intense.

If the trend continue:
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Physical seem to be less than 45% than what it was in 2021 by 2025, could have naturally become less than 20% of what it was by 2028.
 
I don't get all this "no disc, no buy" bullshit. People have been buying less and less physical media each year. It's to the point now where most people haven't bought a physical copy of a game in years. Sony is simply adjusting to the habits of its customers and people want to freak out about it now? Seems odd to me. You should have done more bitching and voting with your wallet instead of buying everything on Steam. How many people bitching have a Steam library and no physical copy of more than half the shit on there?
 
Dan_D said:
I don't get all this "no disc, no buy" bullshit. People have been buying less and less physical media each year. It's to the point now where most people haven't bought a physical copy of a game in years. Sony is simply adjusting to the habits of its customers and people want to freak out about it now? Seems odd to me. You should have done more bitching and voting with your wallet instead of buying everything on Steam. How many people bitching have a Steam library and no physical copy of more than half the shit on there?
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And I have a bunch of (3)DS(i) games, several vita games, and a few switch and PS5 games as well.
 
Super old shit doesn't count. That hardly makes the argument for retaining physical media in the modern era.

Again, I think people are overreacting, when they themselves are partly responsible for the shift away from physical media. That said, if I had it my way, we'd always have the choice that way the games in their original forms would always be preserved. As we've seen, censorship can be retroactively applied to anything that's digitally distributed. We've seen this primarily with movies and remakes/remasters of classic games.
 
Dan_D said:
I don't get all this "no disc, no buy" bullshit. People have been buying less and less physical media each year. It's to the point now where most people haven't bought a physical copy of a game in years. Sony is simply adjusting to the habits of its customers and people want to freak out about it now? Seems odd to me. You should have done more bitching and voting with your wallet instead of buying everything on Steam. How many people bitching have a Steam library and no physical copy of more than half the shit on there?
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Because I can get the physical game at Walmart for $25 as little as a few months after release instead of $70 on PSN. Sony owns a monopoly since you are not able to buy PS digital games anywhere else. PC you have various different store front to buy games from. I have always been physical and I won't be able to play any of my PS4/PS5 games on the PS6.
 
Dan_D said:
Super old shit doesn't count. That hardly makes the argument for retaining physical media in the modern era.

Again, I think people are overreacting, when they themselves are partly responsible for the shift away from physical media. That said, if I had it my way, we'd always have the choice that way the games in their original forms would always be preserved. As we've seen, censorship can be retroactively applied to anything that's digitally distributed. We've seen this primarily with movies and remakes/remasters of classic games.
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Not my fault they (Sony) barely have any decent games recently, and the ones they have that I might like aren't advertised to me. I thought I had a PS5 game, but I actually have zero physical PS5 games, only 7 PS5 games total, and most of them are either PS4 games that were ported, or the like. I do generally check for a physical game before buying any game.

Animal Well is a really nice PS5 game, btw. You should give it a look if you haven't.
 
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Nobu said:
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Not my fault they (Sony) barely have any decent games recently, and the ones they have that I might like aren't advertised to me. I thought I had a PS5 game, but I actually have zero physical PS5 games, only 7 PS5 games total, and most of them are either PS4 games that were ported, or the like. I do generally check for a physical game before buying any game.

Animal Well is a really nice PS5 game, btw. You should give it a look if you haven't.
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Even if your the exception, it doesn't matter. The data is clear. People do not buy their games on physical media. The last PC game I ever bought on physical media was Mass Effect 3 Collector's Edition in 2012. I purchased some physical games in the early XBOX OneX days, but nothing since. I think I have five games for that. I haven't bought a console or a physical copy of a game since then.
 
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PlayStation India is reportedly blacklisting some media outlets over their coverage of Sony’s decision to end physical game discs.

According to a report from High Chaos Run, some Indian media organisations were allegedly told they would no longer receive access to PlayStation games, including Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, Wolverine and Phantom Blade Zero.

The report claims PlayStation India’s marketing team cited their coverage of the physical-disc decision, saying the reporting put PlayStation in a “bad light” and was done for “views.”

It also alleges that some individuals were blocked on WhatsApp by PlayStation’s PR agency.

https://highchaosrun.com/2026/08/25/playstation-blacklists-media-for-reporting-disc-demise/

https://x.com/RishiAlwani/status/2092116178588316117?s=20
 
Marees said:
PlayStation India is reportedly blacklisting some media outlets over their coverage of Sony’s decision to end physical game discs.

According to a report from High Chaos Run, some Indian media organisations were allegedly told they would no longer receive access to PlayStation games, including Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, Wolverine and Phantom Blade Zero.

The report claims PlayStation India’s marketing team cited their coverage of the physical-disc decision, saying the reporting put PlayStation in a “bad light” and was done for “views.”

It also alleges that some individuals were blocked on WhatsApp by PlayStation’s PR agency.

https://highchaosrun.com/2026/08/25/playstation-blacklists-media-for-reporting-disc-demise/

https://x.com/RishiAlwani/status/2092116178588316117?s=20
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How to ruin a brand in these 5 easy steps.
 
I had a PS5 from Spring 2021 to Spring 2024. Most of my purchases were physical. And that's because of multiple reasons:

1. More pricing competition
2. Used market (related to point #1)
3. Easy to share


For probably 15 years now-----I don't actually enjoy "collecting" physical media for games and movies. As its a real pain when its time to move. And in many of my rental situations, I also haven't had accommodations to neatly place them for both accessibility and also for display.

However, those above 3 benefits are important.
 
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